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13 Feb 2006

2006 Newsletter No. 1

Coming Events Term 1

  • Week 4
    Mon 20 Feb

    Primary Afternoon workshop
    Understand Operations

  • Week 5
    Tue 28 Feb

    Primary Afternoon workshop
    Calculate

  • Week 6
    Thu 9 Mar

    Secondary Afternoon workshop
    Judgements Using Progress Maps

  • Week 7
    Tue 14 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5

    Wed 15 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6

    Wed 15 Mar

    Primary Afternoon workshop
    Chance and Data

    Thu 16 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7

  • Week 8
    Tue 21 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5

    Wed 22 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6

    Wed 22 Mar

    Secondary Afternoon workshop

    Thu 23 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7

  • Week 9
    Tue 28 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5

    Wed 29 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6

    Thu 30 Mar

    Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7

    Fri 31 Mar

    Have Sum Fun Upper Secondary

  • Week 10
    Wed 5 Apr

    Secondary Afternoon workshop

    Fri 7 Apr

    Have Sum Fun Lower Sec

    Sat 8 Apr

    Have Sum Fun Primary

CensusAtSchool:

Real projects that use real, raw data. Do you want to have real, raw data for your students to use? Heaps of it! CensusAtSchool will be a gold mine for teaching statistics at any level. Year 5 through to Year 12. Information Packs were sent to your principal in early October.

Find out more at www.abs.gov.au, click on the CensusAtSchool icon. You must register to participate.

HECS Reimbursement Scheme
An initiative of the Western Australian Government

Did you work at least half-time in a non-government secondary school, teaching science or mathematics throughout the 2003 and/or 2004 and/or 2005 school years?

  • Are you qualifi ed to teach mathematics, physics or chemistry at upper secondary level? And did you complete your Graduate Diploma in Education no earlier than 2002?
  • Are you still employed as a secondary teacher?
  • Have you completed within the last ten years an appropriate qualifi cation in science or mathematics or other relevant subjects AND completed a Graduate Diploma in Education?
  • Have you completed all or part of this study at a Western Australian university?

If you have answered yes to all of these questions then you may be eligible to benefit from the HECS Reimbursement Scheme. Please understand that the selection of successful applicants is done on a "priority" basis.

Applicants must complete the appropriate Application Form and attach documentary evidence of:

  • HECS liability. This can be a notice of assessment from the Australian Taxation Office preferably showing the maximum HECS debt incurred or for those paying fees up front, statements from the appropriate educational institution showing the amount paid per unit.
  • Academic qualifications. Photocopies of degrees completed listing units studied and grades achieved.

Application Forms may be downloaded from the STAWA website www.stawa.asn.au

Enquiries may be made to the STAWA office on (08)92441987 or email to admin@stawa.asn.au

Primary Convention

Friday 30 Jun and Saturday 1 Jul

Keynote speaker

Sue Willis, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Monash
University Melbourne
Main author of the First Steps in Mathematics resource materials

State Conference

Friday 18 to Sunday 20 Aug

Keynote speaker

Derek Holton, University of Otago NZ
Vice President NZ Maths Association

Keynote speaker

Nancy Snow
Psychologist

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2006 Newsletter No. 1 (412kb)